Over 2,000 people have been displaced from their homes following the
attack on Gwoska village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State,
on May 6, reports indicate.
The attack had also left 71 people dead with several others sustaining
various degrees of injuries.
An official of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA)
who confirmed the figures on condition of anonymity, said the agency had
undertaken an assessment of the damages and provided assistance to the victims.
It was reported that the agency had to borrow money to procure the
relief materials including bags of rice, maize, palm and vegetable oil,
noodles, salt and mattresses which were distributed to the victims on Thursday.
The source said that the items were handed over to the Sole
Administrator of the Local Government, Abdullahi Murtala for distribution to
the victims now taking shelter at a primary school in Birnin Gwari.
Efforts to speak with the SEMA Executive Secretary, Mr. Ben Kure was
not successful as he was neither in the office nor responded to several calls
to his cell phone.
Newsmen recall that Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i had on May 7, directed the
agency to offer “immediate” assistance to the attack victims.
Already, the police had deployed 200 mobile policemen to the area to
maintain peace and order while the federal government plans to set up an army
unit in the area.
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